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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: Mum2mj on June 15, 2012, 18:24

Title: my mystery plant!
Post by: Mum2mj on June 15, 2012, 18:24
Hi, I found this in one of my veggie beds last year & liked the flowers so dug it up & put it in a pot & its evergreen & re-flowered this year but I have no idea what it is.  For all I know I could be nurturing a very pretty weed :)  Could someone please help me out on this?  Many thanks  :D
Title: Re: my mystery plant!
Post by: Trillium on June 15, 2012, 18:28
Any chance you could do a closer pic of leaves and flower? It's a bit hard to tell from such a small pic.
Title: Re: my mystery plant!
Post by: Alastair-I on June 15, 2012, 18:33
Or post the original pic at full resolution.. at the moment it's a reddish blob on top of some other blobby bits ;)
Title: Re: my mystery plant!
Post by: arugula on June 15, 2012, 18:33
Looks a bit like a red foxglove from over here...
Title: Re: my mystery plant!
Post by: Mum2mj on June 15, 2012, 19:18
a closer up one   :)
Title: Re: my mystery plant!
Post by: Mum2mj on June 15, 2012, 19:20
The pics are on my phone so I have to email to my account & download on my laptop,  there's this option or one higher than the one allowed on here, if there's a way around it please let me know!
Title: Re: my mystery plant!
Post by: Mum2mj on June 15, 2012, 19:27
I am also aware my closer up doesn't look much closer but it does on my phone, honest!  :nowink:
Title: Re: my mystery plant!
Post by: mumofstig on June 15, 2012, 19:32
It looks like a red antirrhinum (snapdragon) to me  ;)
Title: Re: my mystery plant!
Post by: arugula on June 15, 2012, 19:33
But you're closer.  :tongue2: Yes, it does. ;)
Title: Re: my mystery plant!
Post by: Mum2mj on June 15, 2012, 20:29
hehe, yes i've just googled images & it does look like a snapdragon although with slightly different leaves - many thanks you guys  :D